Reigns
The WWE Championship was the first world championship introduced into WWE in 1963. The inaugural champion was Buddy Rogers, and there have been 43 different official champions overall. The longest reigning champion was Bruno Sammartino who held the title from May 17, 1963 to January 18, 1971 for a total of 2,803 days (7 years, 8 months, & 4 days). Bruno Sammartino also holds the record for longest combined regins at 4,040 days. CM Punk also hold the record of holding the title for a maximum of 434 days, making him the longest combined reign in the modern era. The shortest reigning champion was André the Giant who officially held the title for 30 seconds. The youngest champion is Brock Lesnar, who won the title at the age of 25. The oldest champion is Mr. McMahon who won at the age of 54. John Cena has held the title the most times with 11 championship reigns; he is also the current champion, defeating The Rock at Wrestlemania 29 on April 7, 2013 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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